Table 3.

Association between individual quality of life and parents’ characteristics using multivariate linear regression.

	Psychical Health		Psychological Well-Being		Social Relationships		Environment		Individual Perception QOL and Own Health
	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p
DS	−0.02	0.766	0.01	0.840	0.01	0.593	−0.03	0.685	−0.02	0.772
ASD	0.00	0.985	−0.10	0.096	−0.19	0.026	−0.12	0.086	−0.16	0.024
CP	−0.04	0.536	0.01	0.862	0.01	0.917	−0.16	0.010	−0.13	0.040
DMT1	−0.03	0.693	−0.04	0.567	0.03	0.797	0.12	0.140	−0.12	0.171
Parent’s age	0.03	0.473	0.01	0.900	−0.07	0.370	−0.05	0.411	−0.13	0.051
Fathers	−0.10	0.190	−0.07	0.253	−0.05	0.567	−0.08	0.271	−0.14	0.061
High school	−0.02	0.773	−0.05	0.454	−0.01	0.944	−0.11	0.123	−0.04	0.573
Monthly income <1400 EUR	0.00	0.966	−0.04	0.559	0.03	0.686	0.19	0.009	0.02	0.806
Association’s member (no)	−0.06	0.451	−0.01	0.929	−0.07	0.432	−0.08	0.326	0.07	0.400
No active smoking	0.00	0.949	−0.07	0.224	−0.06	0.448	−0.01	0.847	0.08	0.190
Chronic diseases (no)	0.23	<0.001	−0.03	0.513	−0.07	0.330	0.03	0.622	0.13	0.031
Body Mass Index	−0.01	0.848	−0.10	0.091	0.01	0.912	−0.04	0.531	−0.16	0.027
Activity	−0.09	0.717	−0.02	0.757	0.01	0.847	0.02	0.687	0.01	0.936
Mediterranean Diet	0.11	0.081	0.06	0.246	0.06	0.419	0.16	0.007	0.01	0.870
Caring for children (h/d)	0.06	0.393	0.06	0.256	0.18	0.018	0.01	0.932	0.09	0.141
Optimism	−0.09	0.213	0.06	0.321	0.05	0.532	0.05	0.502	0.25	0.001
Self-Esteem	0.27	0.001	0.59	<0.001	0.42	<0.001	0.26	0.001	0.17	0.027
Anxiety	−0.01	0.961	−0.10	0.299	0.08	0.520	0.06	0.592	−0.21	0.053
Depression	−0.22	0.053	0.05	0.626	0.04	0.766	−0.10	0.346	0.05	0.643
Perceived Stress	−0.26	0.012	−0.22	0.008	−0.19	0.102	−0.35	<0.001	−0.23	0.018

Note: ß—Standardized beta; p—p-value; parents in control group are reference group; DS—parents of children with Down syndrome; ASD—parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder; CP—parents of children with cerebral palsy; DMT1—parents of children with diabetes mellitus type 1; h/d—hour per day.